Hand bag



M. BRILL. HAND BAG.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 11, 192!- Patented May 9, 1922.

in H.

TENT OFFICE.

MAX BRILL, or new YORK, n. Y.

HAND BAG.

Specification of LetterslPatent; Patentefl May 9,

Application filed January 11, 1921. SerialNo. 436,425.

To all wiwm it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, 'NEAX BRILL, a citizen of the United States, and,resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, .county, and

State of New York, have invented certain.

new and useful Improvements in Hand Bags, of whichthe following is aspecificamouths orop'eningson opposite sidesof the middle line of thebag and which give acces to similarly disposed compartments in the bag,which compartments are normally out of communication with one another sothat when either mouth is open only one compartment will be'visible, butaccessghowever will'be permitted to the opposite coinpartment withoutrequiring that the bag be shifted or that the opposite mouth be opened.

To these ends the invention resides in a hand bag having a frameconsisting of a middle and opposite side sections which are engageablewith the middle section in the closed position of the bag, and apartition pivotally connected to the frame anddetachably secured tothemiddle section and movable into spaced relation to either side of themiddle section.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodimentof the in vention of which the following is a specifier tion, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part thereof and inwhich:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of themvention in open position and withthe parti tion swung to permit of communicationbetween the compartments.

Figure 2 is avertical cross-section of the device in the closedposition. v Figure 3 is an enlarged detail side elevation of'theconnection between the flap and the middle section. v

Figure 4: is a vertical cross-section on the line H at Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a detail side elevation of aportionof the closure for one ofthe compartments.

Figure 6'is a vertical cross-section on the line6-6 of Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a horizontal cross-section showing :a plan of the .partsillustrated in Figure 5.

Figure-8 is anenlarged detail side eleva tion of the parts of theclosure for one of the compartments.

Figure 9 is a vertical cross-section taken approximately on'theline99-of Figure 8.

The bag -5 may be formed of leather or other material found suitable forthe purprovided a pocket 6. The mouth of 'thebag is connected to thesubstantially U shaped sections 7 and 8 of a frame whicharepreferably-formed of metal and which function-to provide a bindingfor the edge of the material'of the bag5. Thepivots, one of which isshown and indicatedby'9 connectthe tergminals of the sections 7 and 8and permit swinging thereof in theopening and closing of the mouth ofthe bag. termediate and-substantially U shaped section 10 is connectedto'the pivots 9 and is formed throughout of metal. Section 10 isrelatively wide in cross-section and its area issuch as to permit thesect1ons7 and 8 to telescope therein and extend substantially flushwithlthe edges thereof inthe closed position of the bag. The middleportion of the section 10 is depressed longitudinallyso .pose, and onits outer side and one ;fa,ce-is 7 A middle or inas to provide a socket11 in which is disposed a binding strip .12 of metal or the like on theinner end of the flap 13. The endsof the-socket 11 areopen to permitprojection therethrough of extensions 14.15 of the bindingstrip 12 whichare-bent or clinched over the outer face of the socket 11 and therebyoperate'to'secure the flap to the in One terme'diate'section 10 of the.frame.

surfaceof'the flap 13 is faced with material corresponding to the outerfacing of the bag 5 and, as shown in Figure 1,.a mirror 16 or the likeis arrangedvon the inner'face of the flap. 'Whenthe flap is in theclosed position a shown in the Figure 2, it will" extend over the pocket6 and in this position it may besecured by any desired form of fasteningmeans, such as a glove fastener,

the elements of which are indicated by 17- 18 as shown in Figures 1 and2.

When the sections-7 and 8 aretelescop'ed into the intermediate section10 in the closed position of the'bag, the said sections 7 and 8 abuton-the opposite sides o'fthe socket 11, which then functions as a stopto limit the inward movement of the sections 7 and 8. In the closedposition of the mouths 8 of downwardly and inwardly extending re'silient plates 21-21 formed integral with or otherwise secured toresilient laterally extending plates 2222 disposed on opposite sideportions of the intermediate section'10. Each of the male portions 19consists oi a pair of knuckles in which are journalled the lateralextending portions wardly and outwardly.

6 and 9 i may 23*23 at the ends of the converging sidev portions24c-24r. which form the handle portions of a pair of operating levers ofconvenient'size so as to be readily operatable by the fingers. Eachlever may be formed of a single piece-oi steel. wire bent so as to besubstantially triangular in contour and'olfset at the point adjacentto'theextensions 2323 so as to provide a pair of shoulders indicated by25-25 in Figure 9, the free end portion levers as shown in Figure 9slope outwardly as indicated by 2626 so as to permit of being readilygrasped by the thumb and forefinger and moved up- When the partsare'positioned as shown in Figure 9 upward and outward movements' 'o'feither lever will cause the shoulder 25 thereof to impinge on theadjacent plate 21 andflex the same and also flex the intermediate sec--tion 10 of'the frame and section to which-the lever is attached, therebycausing a relative movement of the sections until the male members19 aredisposed below the recess 20, whereupon further turning movement of thehandle onthe shoulder 25 which fulorums on the sidewall of the recessoperates to move the section to which the lever is attachedoutwardlyuntil the male members move beyond the lateral extension in whichposition of the parts one side of the hand bag will be in theopen'position. A similar movement on the part of the opposite lever willeffect the opening of the opposite side of the bag, so that the parts,except for the position of the flap 13, will then be as shown in Figure1.

The partition 27 shown in Figures 1, 2, p be formed of any materialfound suitable for the purpose, and is here in shown as being flexibleand is by preterence faced with material corresponding to the materialused for the lining of the bag,

soas to present a fanciful appearance. The lower'endol the partition isfixedly secured in any'preferred manner to the middle portion of thebottom of the bag 5 and the upper edge is provided with a. substantiallyU shaped binding frame 28 formed of metal and pivotally connected to thesections 7, 8 and 10 at the pivotal point 9thereof. The area of theupper end portion of the partition is such as to permit of itstelescoping into section 10 and engaging therewith by means of ataperedknob 29 which enters a depression 80 herein shown as being located atthe central portion of the lower outer face of the socket 11, all ofwhich is clearly shown in Figure 9. The resiliency oi the intermediatesection 10 and the binding 28 is such as to permit ofyielding en-.gagement between the knob 29 and the disengaged from the intermediatesection and moved outwardly so asto giveaccess to the compartmentindicated by ,31 in Figure 2, access to the compartment indicated by 32may be had simply by exerting a pull on'the partition 27 until the sameis disengaged from the intermediate section thus rendering asunnecessary the operation of disconnecting the flap and operating theopposite handle which controls the mouth of compartment 32. In likemanner and when compartment 31 is :closed and compartment 32 opened,access may be had to compartment 31 simply by moving'th'e partition 2?in the opposite direction or toward compartment 32. A pocket 33. may beprovided in compartment 31 for a coin purse and a number-oi: pockets .35may be provided on the partition 27 and arranged sov as to face thecompartment 32, for the reception of toilet paraphernalia such as apowder-pull,

be observed, does not require the opening for the closure of compartment32.

Although I have shown and described an ideal embodiment of my invention,it; is to beunderstood that I .am not to be limited tothe structure'sherein shown and described, I

it being obvious that minor mechanical changes may be made within; thescope claimed, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any ofthe advantagesof the invention. Y a Y Iclairn: t 1. In a handbag a framecomprising an intermediatesection and sidevsections disposed on oppositesides of the intermediate partition section pivotally connected to thesection and pivotally. connected thereto, a g

intermediate section and arranged so as to telescope therewith and bemoved into spaced relation with either side thereof, and a flexible bagbody secured to the said side section and to the partition section.

2. In a hand bag a frame comprising an intermediate section and sidesections disposed on opposite-sides of the intermediate section andpivotally connected thereto, a partition section pivotally connected tothe intermediate section and arranged so as to telescope therewith andbe moved into spaced relation with either side thereof, anda flexiblebag body secured to the said side sections and to the partition section,said side and intermediate sections having cooperating fastening devicesfor detachably securing the sections together when telescoped.

3. In a hand bag a frame comprising an intermediate section and sidesections disposed on opposite sides of the intermediate section andpivotally connected thereto, a partition section pivotally connected tothe intermediatesection and arranged so as to telescope therewith and bemoved into spaced relation with either side thereof, and a flexible bagbody secured to the said side sections and to the partition section,said partition and said intermediate sections having cooperatingfastening devices for detachably securing said parts together whentelescoped. I

4:. In a hand bag, a frame including a pair of oblong telescopingrelatively rigid sections pivotally connected one to the other, theouter of said sections having a longitudinally disposed depression inits outer face constituting a socket, the opposite ends of which areopened, and a binding element adapted to be connected to one edge of aflexible flap and disposed within the socket and having its end portionsextending through the openings thereof and secured to the said outersection.

5. A hand bag comprising a main section, a pair of lateral sectionshinged thereto and adapted to collapse thereagainst, means to latch thelateral sections with the main section, a partition section hinged tothe main section and adapted to telescope therewith and movable toeither side of the main section, a bag body connected to the side andpartition sections, said main and partition sections having means tolatch the two together, and a flexible flap having one edge secured tothe main frame and adapted to lie fiat against one side of the bag body.

6. In a hand bag, a main frame of resilient material having integrallatch means at both sides thereof, a pair of side frames hinged to themain frame and adapted to tlescope therewith, said side frames havingmeans to engage with the latch means on the main frame when telescopedtherewith, means carried by said frames for springing the main frametherefrom to permit release of the side frames from said latch means,and a partition frame hinged also to the main frame and havingrelatively pivotal movement with respect to the side frames, saidpartition frame and main frame having means therebetween for securingthe two frames in telescoping relation.

7. In a hand bag, a'frame including a pair of oblong telescopingsections pivotally connected one to the other and formed of resilientmaterial, the outer of said sections having a recessed lateralextension, the inner of said sections having latch means 00- operatingwith said recessed lateral extension, a lever fulcrumed on the innersection and havingcan offset portion adapted to engage the saidextension and flex the same to disengage the latch means when the leveris turned in one direction.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, have signed myname hereunder.

MAX BRILL.

